Senate
File
484
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
484
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
AND
BUSINESS
RELATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1132)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
electronic
benefits
transfer
cards
under
the
1
food
assistance
program
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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484
Section
1.
Section
234.12A,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
A
person
who
possesses
three
or
more
3
electronic
benefit
transfer
cards
for
which
the
person
is
4
not
authorized
to
possess
is
guilty
of
a
fraudulent
practice
5
pursuant
to
section
234.13,
subsection
4.
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2B.
A
law
enforcement
officer
who
has
7
probable
cause
to
believe
that
a
person
possesses
an
electronic
8
benefits
transfer
card
that
the
person
is
not
authorized
9
to
possess
shall
report
the
name
on
the
electronic
benefit
10
transfer
card
and
the
name
of
the
person
in
possession
of
11
the
electronic
benefits
transfer
card
to
the
department
of
12
inspections
and
appeals.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
electronic
benefits
transfer
(EBT)
17
cards
under
the
food
assistance
program
and
makes
penalties
18
applicable.
19
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
possesses
three
or
more
20
EBT
cards
for
which
the
person
is
not
authorized
to
possess
21
is
guilty
of
a
fraudulent
practice
pursuant
to
Code
section
22
234.13(4)
(fraudulent
practices
relating
to
food
programs).
23
The
bill
provides
that
a
law
enforcement
officer
who
has
24
probable
cause
to
believe
that
a
person
possesses
an
EBT
card
25
that
the
person
is
not
authorized
to
possess
shall
report
the
26
name
on
the
EBT
card
and
the
name
of
the
person
in
possession
of
27
the
card
to
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals.
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